I agree and would like to see it placed at the **TOP** of every post. -- Bert
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 7:11 AM, John Kane <jrkrid...@inbox.com> wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: j...@bitwrit.com.au >> Sent: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 19:21:36 +1000 >> To: dcarl...@tamu.edu >> Subject: Re: [R] On Reproducible Code >> >> On 07/26/2012 01:50 AM, David L Carlson wrote: >>> We often refer requesters to the Posting Guide and chide them for not >>> reading it. >> >... >>> I hesitate to sound too optimistic, but there might be some advantage in >>> making the statement more prominent and adding a reproducible example >>> using >>> dput(). >>> >> The reponses to some requests for help do seem to get a volley of the >> "reproducible code" answers. Some, such as: >> >> I can't get the answer. PLEASE HELP!!! >> >> probably deserve it, but others appear to emerge from the overheated >> brain of the frustrated noob. With a wonderfully informative name like >> "dput", it is rather challenging to guess that this function is the way >> to calm the affronted guru with an example of your problem. I am >> particularly amused by the phrase "reproducible code", which sounds >> perilously close to the definition of a virus. Perhaps the neglected >> little message at the bottom of each email (which seems to reproduce >> itself) might be easier for the uninitiated to understand if it read: >> >> Please include the R code that is causing the problem _and_ enough data >> (see the "dput" function) for someone else to run the code and get the >> same problem. >> >> I can remember when I didn't know that there was a "dput" function. >> >> Jim > I can remember spending a lot of time constructing a data set to post before > someone mentioned ?dput. Ah, yes, I still have a couple of generic ones > archived. > > I think your wording above makes a lot of sense. > > ____________________________________________________________ > GET FREE SMILEYS FOR YOUR IM & EMAIL - Learn more at > http://www.inbox.com/smileys > Works with AIM®, MSN® Messenger, Yahoo!® Messenger, ICQ®, Google Talk™ and > most webmails > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. -- Bert Gunter Genentech Nonclinical Biostatistics Internal Contact Info: Phone: 467-7374 Website: http://pharmadevelopment.roche.com/index/pdb/pdb-functional-groups/pdb-biostatistics/pdb-ncb-home.htm ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
